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The M24 and M40 military sniper rifles used by the United States Army and United States Marine Corps, respectively, are both based on the Model 700 design. The Remington 700 series rifles often feature a 3, 4, or 5-round internal magazine depending on the caliber. Some models include a hinged floorplate for quick unloading, while others are ...
A Remington Model 870 shotgun. Below is a list of firearms produced by the Remington Arms Company, [1] founded in 1816 as E. Remington and Sons. Following the breakup of Remington Outdoor Company in 2020, the Remington Firearms brand name operates under RemArms, LLC.
The .17 Remington is based on the .223 Remington case necked down to .172 in (4.37 mm), with the shoulder moved back. [5] [6]Extremely high initial velocity (over 4,000 ft/s 1,200 m/s), flat trajectory and very low recoil are the .17 Remington's primary attributes.
This was long ago, but it must have been a Model 700. The caliber was developed to handle dangerous game – elephants, rhinos, Cape buffalo, Alaskan brown bears – and designed to deliver ...
R. Remington 1911 R1; Adaptive Combat Rifle; Remington Autoloading Rifle; Remington Model Four; Remington Model 5; Remington Model 8; Remington Model 10; Remington Model 11-48
The primary difference between the U.S. Army and the U.S. Marine Corps rifles is that while the U.S. Marine Corps M40 variants use the short-action version of the Remington 700/40x (which is designed for shorter cartridges such as the .308 Winchester/7.62×51 mm NATO), the U.S. Army M24 uses the Remington 700 Long Action. [25]
.223 Remington became available in 1964 as the civilian version of the 5.56×45mm NATO, and has become one of the most popular cartridges in use today. [9] [10] It is currently used in a wide range of semi-automatic and manual action rifles and even handguns; such as the Colt AR-15, Ruger Mini-14, Remington Model 700, and Remington XP-100.
The Remington cartridge had a striking resemblance to the .416 Hoffman. The new cartridge, unlike the Rigby, could easily be chambered in pre-existing rifle models such as the Remington Model 700, Winchester's Model 70 and any rifle which could fire a belted magnum cartridge based on the .375 H&H Magnum. This avoided the need for a costly new ...